Bill Text: NY A04457 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the use of the onset of menarche to determine a student's physical maturity for the purpose of permitting such student to participate in athletic activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A04457 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A04457-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4457 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of the onset of menarche to determine a student's physical maturity for the purpose of permitting such student to participate in athletic activities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 904-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 904-a. Physical evaluations required prior to participation in 4 certain athletic activities. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and 5 regulations prohibiting the use of the onset of menarche as a measure of 6 a student's level of physical development and maturity when determining 7 that the student's participation in an athletic activity will not pres- 8 ent a safety or health concern for such student. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 10 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 11 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 12 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 13 to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05929-01-1